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Eisenhower: You as parents can have no more precious and worthwhile duty than to give them the opportunity to live so far as we can…

On the recordDecember 7, 1959
You as parents can have no more precious and worthwhile duty than to give them the opportunity to live so far as we can on a basis of a moral code that within human capabilities eliminates prejudices and misconceptions, misapprehension and fear.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the Staff of the U.S. Embassy and the American Community in Karachi.

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